“The pull of love”: mutual love as democratic virtue in Niebuhrian political theology
Although Reinhold Niebuhr's account of democracy aims to protect marginalized communities by restraining sin through the diffusion of power, the conceptions of sin and love that inform his political theology have anti-democratic consequences for members of these communities. I address this inco...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2016]
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Political theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-90 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Niebuhr, Reinhold 1892-1971
/ Democracy
/ Love
/ Justice
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church NCD Political ethics |
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